This color is also called Basanti color.
Post India's independence in 1947, Basanti Devi continued with social work.
On this day people wear Basanti colored clothes and adorn themselves with flowers.
Basanti Devi(23 March 1880-
1974) was an Indian independence activist during the British rule in India.
However, Basanti Devi died due to inability to afford medical care on 1 April 2014.
His 2001 music album Piya Basanti won International viewers' choice award
at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards.
Following her husband, Basanti Devi took part in various movements like the Civil disobedience movement,
Khilafat Movement and also the Nagpur session of Indian National Congress in 1920.
The letters he wrote to Desh- bandhu' s widow Basanti Devi and to others after his leader'
s death bear testimony to the deep wound in his heart.
Some members of the family and Deshbandhu' s widow Basanti Devi came to Jabalpur to bid him farewell.
On 13th February 1933, Subhas sailed for Europe on board the Italian ship S. S. Gange on another forced exile.
In Giridih's Tisri area, Basanti sifted through the reddish earth searching for pieces
of mica while her 10-year-old son Sandeep climbed into a rat-hole dug in the side of the hill and descended 3 meters(10 ft) to pound on the wall with a pick-axe.
In Giridih's Tisri area, Basanti sifted through the reddish earth searching for pieces
of mica while her 10-year-old son Sandeep climbed into a rat-hole dug in the side of the hill and descended 3 metres(10 ft) to pound on the wall with a pick-axe.